Top 50 Movie Fight Scenes

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30. WOLVERINE vs LADY DEATHSTRIKE
in X-MEN 2
Comic book nerds waited patiently through the entire first X-Men movie to see Wolverine go into his berserker rage, but alas, no dice (or slice). It took 'til Singer's sequel for Wolvie to really let loose, unleashing his claws on Stryker's guards as they raided Xavier's mansion and, as celebrated here, taking on similarly pedicured opponent, Lady Deathstrike. The resulting ruck is one hell of a cat-fight, with more frenzied stabbing than an East London nightclub. Mutton chops comes out on top, presumably highly perforated for his trouble.




29. CHANNEL 4 vs CHANNEL 9 vs CHANNEL 2 vs PUBLIC NEWS vs SPANISH LANGUAGE NEWS in ANCHORMAN
"Let's dance, dickweed!" The ace-ness of Ron Burgundy's anchoring is the catalyst for this spectacular newsroom gang war, which sees no less than five stations waging war on one another. Amidst the carnage, Brick kills a guy with a trident, Frank Vitchard has his arm chopped off ("Aw man, I did NOT see that coming!") and Wes Mantooth almost gets the drop on Burgundy. This 300 inspired fan video shows Ron really getting his fight on.




28. JOHN RAMBO vs FOOLISH THAI PERSON in RAMBO III
Wisely taking time out in Thailand for a little R&R after blowing the living shit out of 80% of Vietnam, Former Green Beret John Rambo passes the time by fighting the locals for a bit of spare Baht. This stick fight (I'm sure they've got a cooler name than just 'sticks', but fuck it - they're sticks) opens the third Rambo instalment, showing a buffed-to-a-polish Stallone dispensing beats to some poor punchbag who presumably didn't see the first two movies.




27. FREDDY KRUEGER vs JASON VOORHEES in FREDDY VS. JASON
Two horror heavyweights square off in this 'should be awful but isn't' franchise crossover. In the red corner, you've got the striped slasher, the dream warrior, the pock-marked pillager... Freddyyy KRUEgerrr! In the blue corner, it's the Crystal Lake killer, the masked mummy's boy, he's unlucky for some... Jasonn VOOORhees! Here, Freddy has doped Jason and popped up in his nightmares - advantage pizza face.




26. MAXIMUS vs UNPREPARED ASS-CLOWNS in GLADIATOR
Female crotches were significantly dampened in 2000 when Russell Crowe donned his sandals and stepped into the arena in Gladiator. His Maximus was the father to a murdered son, but didn't think twice about orphaning most of Rome's children. As a gladiator, he made for top entertainment - limb severances are guaranteed - although, like a footballer tossing his shirt in the crowd, he did throw his sword into Row Z a few too many times. Here he is, scrapping with music by Gnarls Barkley and with comedy sound effects as Ridley Scott intended.




25. OPTIMUS PRIME vs MEGATRON in TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE
Cartoons don't die - they get hit over the head, wobble around dazed for a few seconds and have to shoo away the twittering birds that have suddenly started circling the huge bump on their noggins. So, when Megatron finally got the jump on Autobot hero Optimus Prime and had him out for the count, a whole generation wept into their breakfast cereal. "One shall stand, one shall fall," predicted Prime, and he wasn't wrong. The soft-rock soundtrack only added to the emotion felt.




24. KING LEONIDAS vs PERSIAN ARMY in 300
The movie 300 is basically a series of fight scenes linked together, with numerous men in pants stabbing each other in increasingly ridiculous ways, absolutely none of which are phallic in nature. When director Zack Snyder hits the slow-mo, though, you've time to enjoy the lavish gore and washed-out visuals, none more so than when Gerard Butler's shouty King Leonidas takes on the might of the Persian army.




23. TANG LUNG vs COLT in
WAY OF THE DRAGON
East versus West. Hairy chested Chuck Norris versus smooth-as-a-baby Bruce Lee. This was always going to be a fight for the ages, and it didn't disappoint - it's Lee's movie, so he's obviously the victor, but Norris shows plenty of that Walker: Texas Ranger fire, spinning out enough roundhouses to make a hurricane dizzy. Ultimately, Lee is an unstoppable force, his lightning moves proving too perplexing for Norris' foot-first fight techniques. Still, at least Chuck Norris can handle popping a few aspirins, unlike Lee. Pussy.




22. NEO vs THE SMITHS in THE MATRIX RELOADED
As much as I'd like to see Keanu Reeves beating the shit out of Morrissey, you know of course which fight I'm talking about. Saviour of mankind Neo finds himself faced with multiple versions of be-suited virus Agent Smith, and before he can mono-syllabically express himself, is dodging and weaving through a hundred Weavings. Yeah, the CG inserts suck balls, but the rest is gold, particularly when Reeves brings a pole to the party and drops some hurtin' bombs on the Hugos.




21. KING ARTHUR vs THE BLACK KNIGHT in MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
Destined to be quoted by virgins for ever more, the Monty Python movies are home to some of the finest comic creations in cinema history. In the Quest For The Holy Grail, Graham Chapman's King Arthur must fight the Black Knight if he's to progress, but the stubborn bastard won't give up, even when he literally hasn't got a leg to stand on. "'Tis but a scratch!" he replies, despite the fact he's little more than a torso with a helmet on. "Come back you bastard! I'll bite your legs off!" isn't exactly the most chilling of threats either.



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